Category Archives for Freeganism
dumpster birthday surprise!
“Love is like a good cake; you never know when it’s coming, but you’d better eat it when it does!” – C. Joybell I was that little girl standing in line before the birthday girl/boy to make sure I’d get … Continue reading
Rewilding: myself and the worms
“[Rewilding is] returning the land to the creatures that once flourished there.”–Eric Dinnerstein The vermicomposting system at the Garden of Eden has been thriving for over a year– 15 buckets each holding 35+ lbs. of worms! After harvesting sweet potatoes … Continue reading
Passion and stuff
Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant. Ralph Waldo Emerson I wake up to sun risen birds at The Garden of Eden, a co-op farm in Kennedale, TX. I drink organic orange juice harvested from … Continue reading
Celebrate Ecofest Arlington
Bike Friendly Arlington and wordsprout invite you to Ecofest on September 17th at Founder’s Plaza/Levitt Pavillion from 10am-10pm. Come out for the day with your family and friends to learn about organizations and businesses supporting environmental causes in the Arlington … Continue reading
water 101 (or water 911?)
“Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.”— John Muir With severe heat and drought we’ve been having in North Texas … Continue reading
Seeing Arlington through Fort Worth colored goggles
I guess I kind of lived in a fairytale world… looking at everything through rose-colored glasses. I probably always will, to a certain extent. Sharon Tate Although it’s hopeful about its future, Fort Worth isn’t living in a fairytale world. … Continue reading
you not bombs.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.–Martin Luther King, Jr. Did you know that half of every US tax dollar is dedicated to military … Continue reading